Big Bank Hank was the co-founder of the hip hop group, Sugarhill Gang, who gave us the 1979 classic, “Rapper’s Delight.” Henry Jackson lost his battle with cancer today. He was 57. Whenever you hear “A hip hop…the hippie to the hippie…the hip hip a hop you don’t stop” you will most likely see people of different backgrounds, ages, and races, rapping along to the tune. The universal hit is the first rap single to reach the Top 40 charts. Watch Sugarhill Gang perform the first mainstream hip hop single below.

“I’m here, and I’m there! I’m Big Bank Hank and I’m everywhere! Just throw your hands up in the air and party hardy like you just don’t care!”